The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (Vols. 1 & 2)

The Complete Short Stories

Praise

“Sherlockian commentary is both a science and an art, demanding on the one hand a prodigious knowledge of a thousand disparate subjects and on the other hand a degree of wit and humor to ease its presentation. Leslie Klinger’s The New Annotated Sherlock Holmesreveals a writer rich in both requirements, producing a work both entertaining and informative.”—Laurie R. King, author of the best-selling Mary Russell series

“No Sherlockian, here or around the world, can fail to be overwhelmed and overjoyed by Leslie Klinger’s annotated edition of Watson’s collection of Holmes’s most colorful cases. The books’ more than two thousand notes are awesome in their scope and erudition. Their hundreds of illustrations alone are worth the books’ price… a marvelous milestone in Sherlockian criticism.”—Martin Gardner, editor of The Annotated Alice

“This is what we have been waiting for: all the Sherlock Holmes stories with the most learned, interesting, revelatory annotations possible. The task will never be performed better, and in fact, need never be done be again. An indispensable set.”—Peter Straub

“There is no better guide to this seriously playful detective work than Leslie Klinger and The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes.”—Michael Dirda